Smith v. Greenleaf
General Court of Virginia
Attachment on warrant under the act of 1795, ch. 56. The warrant was from tiie Hon. Gabriel Duvall, one of the judges of this court, and is as follows, viz. Maryland, sc.
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Attachment on warrant under the act of 1795, ch. 56. The warrant was from tiie Hon. Gabriel Duvall, one of the judges of this court, and is as follows, viz. Maryland, sc. Whereas William Smith of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, merchant, on the 15th day of November 1797, before Samuel Barrett, Esquire, one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the'county of Suffolk, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, made oath according to the act of the general assembly of the state of Maryland in such case made and provided, that James Greenleaf of tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, Ch. J.
The court are of opinion, that tho property, (the lands,) are only liable for debts due to creditors in the state, and that the operation of the conveyance is not defeated by the defendant’s having creditors living out of the state, and not giving bond, especially as the debt was created since the execution of the deed, (a)
Attachment and return quashed.
This point more fully argued and settled at the present term, in the case of Ward vs. Morris & Nicholson.
2Cited by1 opinion
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